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Daytona 200 canceled

Discussion in 'General' started by notbostrom, Sep 11, 2020.

  1. condon66

    condon66 Member well known

    Right now, on Penn State University Park (main campus) there are 1157 comfirned cases. (1) of those cases is in the hospital. So scary, right?
     
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  2. SPL170db

    SPL170db Trackday winner


    OMG.....so 0.09% of the cases end up in hospital?!?!?!
     
  3. 2blueYam

    2blueYam Track Day Addict

    Just to be clear so this is apples to apples, there are 1157 active cases or there have been a total of 1157 cases? In other words are 400 or so of those no longer testing positive? Of those 1157 cases did only one need to go to the hospital or there is only one in the hospital now? How long has school been back in session in person? Many people that end up in the hospital for this don't end up there until after they have had the infection for weeks, so it would be premature to say only 0.09% of cases end up in the hospital.

    It may be a good risk / reward to have the in person campus open, but to say so based on 2 statistics after just a couple of weeks would be premature.
     
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  4. condon66

    condon66 Member well known

    Actually, .001
     
  5. sheepofblue

    sheepofblue Well-Known Member

    Good chance the city is involved (just a guess I have no insider info) as bike week had a huge crowd back when I went. Not just the speedway as some don't even go. However the event was somewhat unique AFIK with road racing, dirt track, motocross and rally event that is huge. Kind of the only one stop in the US for it.
     
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  6. sheepofblue

    sheepofblue Well-Known Member

    Kind of like closing the country and suspending rights on a educated guess (which has since been demonstrated to be wrong)?
     
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  7. MELK-MAN

    MELK-MAN The Dude abides...

    I have yet to argue the D200 is a professional race or not... i don't give a shit if it's considered a professional race by the those posting on an internet forum. I STILL am waiting for someone to prove me wrong in regard to my initial post about this, that the D200 pays MORE MONEY than ANY motorcycle race in this country. Professional or otherwise.
     
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  8. Shocker

    Shocker Well-Known Member

    Supercross has the Monster Energy Cup every year which has a million dollar purse up for grabs (won three times).
     
  9. Ducti89

    Ducti89 Ticketing Melka’s dirtbike.....

    Greg most likely meant road racing.

    and yes, dirty bikes pay more.
     
  10. TXFZ1

    TXFZ1 Well-Known Member

    OBJECTION!!!!, hearsay.
     
  11. 2blueYam

    2blueYam Track Day Addict

    Well the Monster Energy Cup was cancelled for 2020, so it pays nothing this year.
    Also that $1m is for winning all three races, so not a purse for a single race.
     
  12. Shocker

    Shocker Well-Known Member

    Talk about arguing semantics. Not my fault AMA has the dirty bikes doing 3 - 10 lap heats to determine an overall race win. Still need to do those 30 laps in one night to have a shot at the million. The "base" purse for the Cup is around $250k and the overall winner (even if they fail to win all 3 heats) is still taking home a minimum of $100k.
     
  13. TurboBlew

    TurboBlew Registers Abusers

    well... the good news its ALL under the AMA umbrella...lol.
     
  14. MELK-MAN

    MELK-MAN The Dude abides...

    yes, aware of the monster energy thing, which ONE rider has a chance at.. and yes, i was speaking strictly roadracing.
     
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  15. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    Why do you keep acting as if anyone has said otherwise? Yeah it pays the most, no one gives a shit :crackup:
     
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  16. notbostrom

    notbostrom DaveK broke the interwebs

    And the winner still doesn't get enough to fully cover the cost of running the race.....
     
  17. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    It is racing, that is what sponsors are for.
     
  18. Robby-Bobby

    Robby-Bobby Steeltoe’s Daddy

    well thats kinda true and kinda not true.
    No, its not going to cover you getting a brand new bike and building it for the race. However, if you already have a bike, a crew, etc in place then yes, you can absolutely make some money even after a tire bill.

    If you are saying buy the bike, build the bike, hire a crew, etc, then of course not. But there is a LOT more money to be made racing that race than any motoamerica race.

    These are all comments regarding a normal guy, not a factory team running.
     
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  19. zamboiv

    zamboiv Well-Known Member

    The answer is 8.6bps, which rounds to 0.09%.

    While you can show it the way you did, I don’t know anyone that works in bps that would show 8.6bps as 10bps. If you’re showing basis points you’re being precise and rounding past .09% to .1% doesn’t seem all that precise to me.
     

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